San Francisco, CA: A lot of pit bulls seem to be 'disappearing' at San Francisco Animal Control . In the past couple of weeks while trying to locate Charlie, the missing AmStaff who spent so many months in a dark cell at SFACC,

San Francisco's live markets abuse not only domestic fowl like chickens and ducks -- but also frogs, turtles, rabbits, guinea pigs, game birds, fish and lobster. Turtles suffer some of the worst conditions...

The father of a 3-month-old western lowland gorilla abandoned by its mother at the San Francisco Zoo has picked a handsome name for his son.
Zookeepers set up five different melons in the father gorilla's enclosure, each one representing a different na

A baby gorilla who was dumped by his mother has been saved by zookeepers.
The two-month-old primate, who been hand-reared since being separated from his four siblings, wears nappies and even plays with human toys.
He enjoys having his tummy rubbed by

A San Francisco man has unveiled a sculpture of the Siberan tiger that killed a teenager and injured two others in last year's Christmas Day mauling at the San Francisco Zoo.
Sculptor Jon Engdahl says he considers the tiger, named Tatiana, a victim. Pol

The San Francisco Zoo is showing off its first gorilla born there in a decade.
The little baby boy gorilla was born Monday morning at 11:30 a.m. The gorilla's mother, Monifa, has since left the baby unattended, so a primate veterinary team is now work

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A man who authorities say jumped into a black rhino enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo has been cited. Neither the man, whose name has not been released, nor any animals were hurt in Monday's incident. But zoo officials say he was luc

SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - San Francisco port officials succeeded Friday in dislodging the decaying carcass of a gray whale that got stuck under a pier along the city's waterfront.
A small boat towed the body of the 1-year-old gray whale beyond the Go

With year-round resident birds, as well as 1.6 million waterfowl and many species of imperiled songbirds who migrate along the coastline, San Francisco is a treasure trove of biological diversity. However, it is also one of the few Bay Area counties

SAN FRANCISCO--A new report chides San Francisco Zoo workers for not believing two brothers who said a tiger was on the loose and had mauled their friend.
But the report, released Tuesday by the organization that accredits the nation's zoos, also calls t

THREE men who were attacked, one of them fatally, by a Siberian tiger at a San Francisco zoo had been drinking and smoking pot before taunting the animal.
Paul Dhaliwal, 19, told the father of Carlos Sousa Jr, 17, who was killed, that the three yelled

SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Jose teenager who died in the Christmas Day fatal tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo lured the big cat away from attacking his friend, San Francisco police chief Heather Fong said Thursday.
At a noon news conference, Fong ga